Senior Motor-Generator Engineer

The role

You will own the design and development of high-speed motor-generator units for nuclear reactors. You will serve as the primary technical interface with suppliers and develop internal capabilities for designing, analyzing, manufacturing, and testing stators and permanent-magnet rotors.

What you will do

• Own technical development of high-speed motor-generator units from design through qualification and production
• Serve as primary technical interface with electric-machine suppliers
• Develop motor-generator requirements, specifications, interfaces, and verification plans
• Perform electromagnetic design and analysis of electric machines
• Design stator and rotor components including laminations, windings, insulation, and magnets
• Lead MGU development and qualification testing
• Work with turbomachinery engineers to integrate components into rotating assemblies
• Work with electrical engineers to define electrical characteristics and inverter interfaces
• Develop internal electric-machine design methods and manufacturing capabilities
• Support design reviews and technical decisions

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience designing and developing electric motors, generators, or similar electric machines
• Experience performing electromagnetic design and analysis of electric machines
• Experience with electromagnetic analysis tools such as ANSYS Maxwell, Motor-CAD, JMAG, or equivalent
• Working knowledge of electric-machine materials and manufacturing processes
• Experience developing electric-machine hardware through manufacturing, assembly, and testing
• Experience making engineering tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and schedule
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information clearly
• Flexibility to support hardware development milestones including occasional weekend or long-hour pushes
• Ability to travel periodically to supplier and test facilities

Nice to have

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of professional experience designing high-power or high-speed electric motors or generators
• Experience designing permanent-magnet synchronous machines and high-speed motor-generator units
• Experience designing stator laminations, winding configurations, insulation systems, and cooling architectures
• Experience designing high-speed permanent-magnet rotors
• Knowledge of electric-machine loss mechanisms
• Experience with electric-machine thermal analysis and cooling system design
• Working knowledge of inverter-fed electric machines
• Experience integrating electric machines with turbomachinery or other high-speed rotating equipment
• Experience with motor-generator performance testing, qualification testing, and correlation of analytical models with test data

About the company

Antares is building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space use. The team includes members from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, and various National Laboratories.